Talkie Zoo: THE WOLFMAN

I watch just about everything Sir Anthony Hopkins is in, and he's in The Wolfman (2010; R). I watched it before reading other reviews, which I always do. I like to form my own opinion of films. Well, contrary to the reviews I read tonight, I thought this was a really good movie.

Hopkins never sways in his style. Short, cryptic sentences and a deadpan face are his claims to fame. He was no different in Legends of the Fall, Shadowlands, or Silence of the Lambs...his acting never varies and that's why I love to watch him.

This film is taken from a much earlier version and has been added to a bit. However, the story line is still basically the same and I'm sure you know it by now. I love the dark, grey scenery surrounding the evil that is the wolfman as he terrorizes the countryside. Only a few glances at greenery appear, and those only during the most tender moments between Benicio Del Toro, who plays Hopkins' son, and Emily Blunt, who plays a dead brother's fiancee.

There is a lot more gore and sensuality in this version, but I think that is due to a more sophisticated way of filming these days and audience expectations.